Grinding Gear Games announced today that they are launching a two-week Path of Exile Ambush/Invasion race event to benefit the Child’s Play charity. The event will start at 1pm Pacific on Saturday, May 10, 2014 in the Path of Exile game and run till Saturday, May 24, 1pm Pacific.

Grinding Gear Games has created an exclusive new helmet skin call the Angelic Mask specifically for this charity event. The mask will cost $5.00 and only be available during the two week event with 100% of the proceeds being donated directly to the Child’s Play charity.

Participants during the event will be able to win great in-game prizes such as special micro-transactions as well as signed art from Path of Exile. Additionally, Grinding Gear Game’s partners such as NVIDIA and Razer have contributed an awesome array of keyboards, mice and graphic cards that will also be awarded to participants.  Grinding Gear Games will pick winners randomly from the participants whose characters reach the following levels or higher. Participants can win prizes from multiple tiers as their characters level up.

Prizes available in the random draw include:

• Level 15: 100x Stash Tab Bundles
• Level 20: 100x Premium Stash Tab Bundles
• Level 25: 10x Razer Mice
• Level 30: 5x Razer Keyboards
• Level 35: 5x NVIDIA High-performance Graphics Cards
• Level 50: 10x Sets of all Seraph Micro transactions (Armor pieces, Wings, Weapon Effect and Footprint Effect)
• Level 65: 5x Sets of Signed Prints of Original Early Concept Art
• Level 85: 1x One hour private Q&A on Skype with Chris, Jonathan and Erik

In addition, the top 5 players (ranked by experience) will receive an Alternate Art Demigod’s Bounty unique item.

More information about the Path of Exile 2 Week Charity Race to Benefit the Child’s Play Charity can be found at: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/915739/page/1

Wargaming today announced that the first season of the Wargaming.net League 2014 has officially begun in a number of regions around the world, complete with a $2.5 million prize pool. The company will invest $10,000,000 in eSports’ promotion in 2014.

“At our Grand Finals in Warsaw, Poland, we saw the sheer amount of passion, excitement, and dedication that players around the globe have for World of Tanks,” said Mohamed Fadl, eSports Director of Europe and North America at Wargaming. “Starting up the first season of our 2014 activities will once again see the most skillful fight for the right to be called the best World of Tanks players in the world, and we can’t wait to watch the action unfold.”
The first season will see competitors from five key regions around the world battle for World of Tanks supremacy, including the Commonwealth of Independent States, the European Union, North America, China, and Asia. A change from last year, the Asia region will now include the nation of Korea to offer players a higher degree of competition, while providing spectators with more action-packed and exciting matches.
Below are the dates of the official launch of Season 1 of the Wargaming.net League per region:

• Asia (including Korea)—May 10th
• European Union—May 12th
• North America—May 12th
• Commonwealth of Independent States—May 19th
• China—May 26th

For more information on the Wargaming.net League, please visit: http://wgleague.net

BANDAI NAMCO Games Europe S.A.S. is excited to confirm that the Closed-Beta Test for GoD Factory: Wingmen began on yesterday for players worldwide on PC. Players who wish to take part in this merciless space war can already register for the Closed Beta Test at the official website, then click on the “Join the Beta!” button.

GoD Factory: Wingmen is a 4v4 competitive space combat game where four intergalactic species fight against each other using gunships. The goal is to destroy the enemy’s carrier ship while defending your own.

Each species has its own abilities and players have the possibility to customize their gunships from their look to their stats and their abilities. In order to come out of these intense dogfights victorious, pilots will have to create the finest strategies and to support each other at any cost.

GoD Factory: Wingmen’s Closed Beta will push players’ skill to their very limits. Cooperation between pilots is key to victory.

GoD Factory: Wingmen will be launching worldwide in 2014 on PCs. For more information, visit http://www.godfactorygame.com/

NCSOFT and Carbine are pleased to announce the launch of the Open Beta starting on Thursday, 8th May through 18th May. The Open Beta period runs for 10 days, and has an increased level cap, level 30.

Other highlights include:

Open Beta LiveStream- Thursday, 8th May, 2014 at 19:00 BST

To kick off the Open Beta, there will be a 30 minute LiveStream here: www.twitch.tv/wildstar. Mike Donatelli, product director, Chad Moore, creative director, Stephen Frost, producer and voice of DevSpeak, and Matt Mocarski, development director will be answering questions, discussing the state of the game and how Wildstar is going to take the MMO category by storm.

Developer LiveStream- Friday 9th May, 2014 at 19:00 BST

Jeremy Gaffney will be discussing the challenges behind getting the game ready for launch on 3rd June. There will also be play-by-play of some exciting Raids and Warplots activity as well as a sneak peek into higher level Open Beta content and possibly some post launch gameplay activity.

Social Media Q&A – Friday 9th May, 2014 at 19:00 BST

Friday’s developer livestream will also be part of a massive social AMA, run by Carbine, which will be opened up to every social media platforms. Developers will be taking questions from Facebook, Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter, Forums, Twitch and Vine to name but a few.

For more info, visit www.wildstar-online.com

CastleStorm, a popular tower defense game, is releasing on May 8 for mobile devices. The mobile adaption is free to play for all players and offers an incredible amount of content and exciting features that made the game a success on console and PC platforms.

Featuring console quality graphics and controls tailored for the touch screen, CastleStorm – Free to Siege includes four full campaigns with 150 battles and four nations with distinct troop classes, weapons, spells, bonus rooms, and eight playable hero characters as well as brand new spells for the mobile version!

“Over 6,000 players joined the CastleStorm – Free to Siege beta on Android, providing valuable feedback that impacted many aspects of the game, including the in-game economy and important gameplay elements,” said Mel Kirk, Zen Studios Vice President of Publishing. “Thank you to all the players who helped us make a better game.”

For more info, visit http://www.castlestormgame.com/

WEBZEN has announced that Age of Wulin players can now experience Immortal Legends, the latest expansion for the action-packed 3D MMORPG Age of Wulin. The expansion is available in English, German and French language versions.

Immortal Legends greatly extends Age of Wulin game features, providing the most in-depth gaming experience seen to date. The players will be able to participate in a dynamic PvP tournament, new PvE content, face the Mongolian invaders or become their mercenaries, and on the quieter note, also get married.

Full list of the features introduced in the new expansion is available at the special Age of Wulin: Immortal Legends mini-site at: http://en.wulin.gpotato.eu/legends/